Good morning loyal pinballers. I've got two images from the old drawing dungeon that I thought would be fun to show. First up is this, admittedly, odd drawing I did of a REAL pinball wizard:
I've always wondered why that term stuck. Is it because the Pinball Wizard's moves are just that magical? Couldn't we have easily have called him/her a Pinball Witch? Pinball Sorcerer? I used to play D&D in high school and am tickled pink by the idea of an ACTUAL wizard playing pinball.
Next up I have a dream machine that I came up with the other day. Normally, when I sit down to do a dream machine, I base it off of some movie or some sort of existing property. This time, though, I just wanted to make a game with a lower playfield and thought it would be funny to make a game where you get eaten.
The monster's jaw would be opened by hitting the various drop targets around the field. Once inside his miserable body, you could wail on the organ targets inside of him and give him a mad stomach ache. I've probably been on this lower-playfield kick because I'm obsessed with Haunted House right now, and might actually pick one up...
Here's a quick quiz question for the repair nuts about the above dream machine: why should I turn off my dream machine?
Have a great pinball week, and look forward to another Zeroes-to-Heroes page!